§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the market tests that have taken place in his Department since November 1992 and indicate, in each case, whether the result was the maintenance of in-house provision, or whether the service was contracted out.
§ Mr. AitkenThe information requested is as follows:
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Activity Result In house/Contractorised Flight checking services 115 Squadron—RAF Benson Contractorised Domestic services Gateway house—RAF Brize Norton Retained in house Engineering and Supply/Multi-activity contract RAF Scampton Contractorised Elementary flying training RAF Topcliffe Contractorised Catering—A and AEE Boscombe Down Contractorised
Activity Result In house/Contractorised Grounds maintenance Royal Marine Establishments Retained in house Domestic and administration services Wethersfield Contractorised
Number of psychiatric hospitals1 1978 to 1990–91 All psychiatric hospitals 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Northern 19 17 17 18 18 18 18 21 23 19 17 16 16 Yorkshire 36 36 36 37 36 34 35 37 38 33 35 36 40 Trent 64 63 64 64 65 65 67 62 61 53 58 53 49 East Anglian 22 22 23 25 24 25 26 24 24 25 25 21 23 North West Thames 18 19 19 18 18 18 18 21 24 21 22 22 20 North East Thames 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 23 25 28 28 31 South East Thames 29 29 29 29 31 31 31 31 32 33 29 35 36 South West Thames2 34 35 35 34 35 37 35 35 34 40 46 40 35 Wessex 38 42 42 43 47 54 64 79 88 29 41 39 37 Oxford 19 21 20 20 20 21 24 24 30 21 24 25 17 South Western 56 57 55 59 60 61 63 68 73 54 58 53 60 West Midlands 36 37 37 38 41 41 43 55 57 37 39 40 36 Mersey 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 14 15 16 15 16 North Western 14 13 13 17 17 19 21 22 22 16 16 16 20 Special Health Authorities 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 England 421 427 425 437 447 458 478 3513 3544 422 455 440 437 1 A hospital where 90 per cent. or more of the available beds are allocated to the psychiatric (mental illness and mental handicap) specialities. For years 1987–88 to 1990–91 mental handicap community units have been excluded. These units can generally be defined as facilities staffed by the NHS and managed separately from any hospital, which is located in the community, and provides not more than 24 residential places for people with learning disabilities. 2 Number for 1987–88 estimated. 3 These totals may be inflated by the inclusion of Mental Handicap Community Units. Sources: SH3 (Hospital Classification) 1978 to 1986.
KHO3 (4th Quarter) 1987–88 to 1990–91.